Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10,185, Jones Gill, Va.

SERVICE
Va.
NUMBER
Bill Jones
S. 10.185
carded.
CONTENTS

Virginia 30,327
Jones Gill
of Amherst Co. in the State of Virginia who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Stubblefield of the Reg't by in the Virginia militia time for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 30 Dollars ——— Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th day of Jan'y, 1836 and sent to Hon. James Garland, N. R.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. '35. 135.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4. March '36. 15.00
$150.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book E. Vol. 6 1/2 Page 15

led led
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 16 th April 1838 from 4 March 1838 to 4 th Sept 1838. A/c notified 2 nd Oct 1839.

Jones Giller
declaration for Pension -
1834
June 18. filed 80

State of Virginia § County of Amherst § s.s
On this 19 th day of March June 1834 personally appeared in open court, before the court of Amherst County now sitting Jones Gill a resident of the same county of Nelson and State aforesaid aged 78 — years, who being sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated: That some time in the year 1780 having attained to the age of 16 years he was placed upon the muster roll in the county of Charles City County Virginia, that being the county of his nativity and shortly thereafter was drafted into the service for a term of six months under the command of Capt Sett Strublefield and was stationed and served at different points, at one time at Hart Wood on James River at another at Sandy Point but the greater part of the time at Morven Hills where he was discharged after serving out his term of six months as aforesaid — That after returning home to Charles City and remaining there but a short time, he was again drafted into the service under the same company officers for a term of three months, and was stationed and performed duty fully much in the same places as he did the first, during this second term, like the first nothing of note occurred, but marches, counter marches, alarms and watching except upon one occasion whilst he was stationed at Charles City Court House the enemy's forces led by Col Tarleton at the head of some cavalry attacked and routed us killing four of our men viz McKinney, Dean, Mosher, Ballard, one of our party was drowned in a mule pond in attempting to escape, and the Centinel who was surprised by them was taken prisoner, this term was performed as well as the first in the character of a private soldier and continued three months That after this period and some time in the year 1781 he was again drafted into the service from the same county as a private soldier and placed under the same company officers, when he was marched from point to point to watch the movements of the enemy who were in our winter and it was the purpose of our forces to prevent their marauding excursions into the country, that the forces to which he was attached was then employed on the James and York Rivers until the enemy retired to York Town and that part was invested by the combined American & French army, when he was discharged the service after serving five months and before the surrender of that part — That he served in the whole three terms aforesaid fourteen months in the character of a private soldier and to the best of his recollection Major Hardman Col Mansford were during all the terms his field officers and Genl Thomas Nelson his general officer, some times Genl Lafayette and at York Town whilst he was there Genl Washington — That he recollects seeing many officers both French and American at York Town, but he does not now recollect names, That he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service — He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State

Interrogatory propounded by the court
1 st Where and in what year were you born?
Answer I was born in the county of Charles City V a as I was informed by my parents and was sixteen years of age some time in the year 1780, but do not know the year in which I was born -
2 nd Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it?
Answer I have no record of my age, but have understood that my age was recorded in Charles City County Clerk's office and accidentally by fire destroyed with the office after the close of the war of the Revolution
3 rd Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
Answer - I was living in the county of Charles City when called into service, have lived in the counties of Charles City Buckingham, Nelson and Amherst since the close of the Revolution, and do now reside in the county of Nelson adjoining to amherst and near the head of and upon which I reside by right of inheritance  Amherst - the county line & a part of the land of and upon which I reside by right of inheritance
4 th How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute, and if a substitute, for whom?
Answer I was drafted each time -
5 th State the names of some of the Regular officers, who were with the troops where you served; such Continental and militia Regts as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service.
Answer - I recollect Genl Wayne and other regular officers at York Town but cannot recollect names or corps and refer to my declaration for the general circumstances of my service -
6 th Did you ever receive a military discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it -
Answer I never did receive military discharge from service to the best of my recollection nor do I believe it was usual in those days to give such to militia - if I ever did receive any such the certificate
7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution -
Answer There is no clergymen residing immediately in my neighborhood, but I refer to William M Waller Esq and Capt Jeremiah Yager who I expect will do testify in my behalf -
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Jones Gile
We William M Waller and Jeremiah Yager residing in the county of amherst the friends of us a very near neighbors and both well acquainted with Jones Gile, who has made subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy years of age as he states; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
W m M. Waller
J. Yager

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatory prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court doth further certify that it appears to them that there is no there is no clergyman resident immediately in the neighborhood of the applicant, and that William McMullen Esq. is a near neighbor he being an overseer and employer of the applicant, and that Gerard William Mulvella and Jeremiah Yager who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of the county of Amherst and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit — and the said court doth further certify that the said applicant resides very near to the county line of this county on Nelson and that until recently he for many years resided in this county and that he is much better known in this county than in the county of Nelson.
State of Virginia Amherst County Court
I Robert Tinsley Clerk of the County Court of Amherst County in the State of Virginia aforesaid do certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jones. Given for a pension
In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and Seal of Office this 18th day of September 1854.
Robert Tinsley

Revman
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No. 10. 185
Jones Gill
Dis Rev man
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 142
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Dec-9-1902 II
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See letter May 26. 1835 to J. Thompson.
These papers found, filed under the name of of Alex M c Alen per Sept 22 nd 1831. A.H.B.

James G. Hill Ga.
Mrs. let Hon J. Garland 30 Dec 1831-
Admnl in private 9 mo $ 30
Ad 7 mo in Hon J. Garland H. Re

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Amherst Court House 31 March 1885
Sir
Under cover you will receive the affidavit of Jones Gile, in explanation of his declaration heretofore made for a pension under the act of the 7 June 1832 — I thought it my duty, when Gile, to forward my own affidavit, to show that the corroborative piece of history found in Mr Jeffersons correspondence, a copy of which I gave you whether in Washington or in Decatur, was unknown to Mr Gile at the time of making his declaration, which affidavit you will find on the back of his —
Mr Jake Beck of this county, deducted for a pension the greater part of his time as Sergt and was allowed by the department as a private, he has procured an affidavit of Mr Breidlove who served with him and he requests me to forward it to you, and ask that his pension may be altered and increased in that particular.
P.S. If it be necessary, he can return the certificate he now holds perhaps that is necessary —
J. T. G.
Respectfully yours
John Thompson

John Hugh Col April 1 st 1873
April 4.
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War Department
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General Reserve Washington City
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Also paper was printed on the 25th of March with the date of the paper is written on the paper itself the paper

Sunderland 19 Sept
Rev. J. L. Edwards Virginia
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions. War Dept.
Washington City D. C.
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Recd Sept 22 1834 Chic Virginia
Commp. over of Penrims. War Dept Washington City D.C.
J. L. Edwards
53
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understndg 19th life

Convent Court House 18 Sept. 1834
Dear Sir /
Yours of the 11 th was rec d by me on this day, having been temporarily absent in Lynchburg, when your letter reached my post office at this place — Mr Gile is as stated in his declaration wholly unable to produce any other proof than his declaration upon oath, and I am sure if he was as well known to the defrayment as he is to his acquaintances, they would need nothing else to satisfy them but his oath — But this objection if it is understood by me would apply to the after time as well as the first unless indeed the objection is taken on account of his age but if you will turn to Henning's Statutes at Large (of Va) Volume the 9 th page 27 it will be found that 16 years of age was one of the qualifications of our soldiers and this act passed in July 1775, now the declaration of Gile states him to have been 16 years old when he alleges that he performed that time — On the subject of the delay of his making his declaration, it was partly his fault and partly mine, he spoke some months before it was drawn, but my occasional absences from home, and his occupation as an overseer on an out of the way plantation prevented its earlier application you will perceive from the original papers that it was prepared for march and not presented until June;
It is hoped that these explanations unless the original papers are sent may be deemed satisfactory to the defrayment. Yrs, Respectfully
P.S. Should it be necessary to enquire into the character of the applicant I believe that Major Garland of your town will well recollect him
John Thompson for
J.T. for

be more explicit
J L Edwards Comm: of pensions
John Thompson Esq Winchester 6. H. Virginia
Wm ...

The Department Pension Office May 26 1835
Sir
The original declaration of James Hill does not appear on the files of this Office. We can now therefore enter into a further investigation of his claims at present. If the declar- ation has been lost or mislaid, it would be advisable for him to make a declaration de novo. The applicants amended statement accompanied by your affidavit, will remain on our files
Yours Respectfully Your obedt Servant J. L. Edwards
John Thompson Esq Wichita 16th pa

War Department Pension Office Sept. 11-1834
Sir.
The clerk of Amherst County has certified a copy of the declaration and proceedings of the Court relative the claim of Jones Gile to be the original proceedings . This copy has been placed on file awaiting the receipt of the originals. As to the substance of the claim, it will require further explanation and evidence to establish his actual service in the Militia for the period of his full term. The delay in making his claim renders the production of proof more desireable than heretofore.
I am Respectfully Yours &c. J L Edwards
John Thompson Esq. Amherst C.H. Va

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
September 25 th , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Jones Gill, _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, V a , Agency, at the rate of Twenty — Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of March 1838, to the 1 st Sept. 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
W. B. Parr Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

for Amherst 1 Oct 3
J. L. Edward Com. of Rufus
FREE
John Thompson Esq. Lodging room Amherst C.H. Virginia

War Department
Pension Office
Sept. 25. 1830
Sir:
As was intimated in my letter of the 11 th inst. it is impossible to recognize a period of six months constant actual service in the Militia as claimed by Jones Gill in 1780, as well as a similar term of five months at a subsequent period. The Militia of Virginia were not required to perform service of the extent of these terms. Unless satisfactory explanation and evidence is furnished as was required in my former letter, this claim cannot be admitted. The papers remain on file.
I am respectfully, Your Ab t Servant. J L Edwards
John Thompson Esq. Anchorage Ct 99

Jan 11.
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Major Silvano
Commander of
Hn. Galand HK
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House of Representatives,
Jan'y 11 1836
To Major Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir,
Your note apprizing me of your readiness to issue a certificate allowing James Dill of the county of Amherst a pension of thirty dollars a year for military service, during the revolution has been  was duly received - I immediately communicate the information to Mr. Dill who requests me to accept the certificate and transmit it to him - You will please issue it and enclose to me
I am also requested to ask for a copy of the declaration made by Major Thomas Maffie, on which he was allowed a pension, to be used in support of a petition now depending before Congress - will you be so good as to furnish it as speedily as convenience will permit
With great respect
I have the honor to be Yr Obs S t
J. G. Holland

War Department Pension Office October 18 th 1834
Sir
Your letter of the 9 th inst respecting the case of James Sill has been received, the objections which have been heretofore made, are not removed, Drafts were not made in the Militia to serve for so long a period as Six Months, excepting in a few instances: where particular expeditions were contemplated, and where they were required to co-operate with the regular troops. The service for which the applicant claims was not of that character. The claim is considered doubtful, unless more satisfactory evidence of his having been in actual service be exhibited a pension cannot be allowed.
I am Respectfully Your Obedt Servant J. L. Edwards
John Thompson Esq. Inverness C. H. Virginia

Imed Gile - 31.977
scupend

State of Virginia County of Southampton S.S.
On this 24th day of June 1864 personally appeared James Lee a resident of the County of Nelson and State aforesaid aged 70 years who being sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1862.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated. That sometime in the year 1780 having attained to the age of 16 years he was pressed upon the muster roll in the County of Charles City Virginia that being the County of his nativity, and shortly thereafter was drafted into the service for a tour of six months under the command of Capt. John  Sturdivant and was stationed and served at different points, at one time at Fort Harrison on James River, at another at Point but the greater part of the time at Moorfield where he was discharged after serving out his term of six months as aforesaid. That after returning home to Charles City and remaining there but a short time he was again drafted into the service under the same Company Officers for a tour of three months and was stationed and performed duty for the most part in the same places as he did at first, during this second tour like the first nothing of note occurred, but marches countermarches alarms and watching except upon one occasion whilst he was stationed at Charles City heard from the enemy proceeded by Col. Harrison at the head of some cavalry attacked and routed in hasty flight of our men Col. Harrison  Deane  Moore  Edward and of our party were drowned in a Mill pond in attempting to escape and the balance who were surprised by them were taken prisoners. This tour was performed as well as the first in the character of a private soldier and continued three months . That after this period and sometime in the year 1781 he was again drafted into the service from the same County as a private soldier and placed under the same Company Officers when he was marched from point to point to watch the movements of the enemy who were in our waters and it was the purpose of our forces to prevent their making excursions into the country. That the force to which he was attached was then employed

in the James and York Rivers until the enemy retired to York Town and that part was invested by the combined American and French Army when he was discharged the service after receiving four months and before the expiration of that period that he served in the whole three years aforesaid fourteen months in the character of a private soldier and to the end of his recollection Major Woodman then Wm. Mendenhall were among at the time his fellow Officers and Col. Thomas Nelson his general Officer sometimes Genl. Lafayette and at York Town which he was there and Washington that he recalled seeing many Officers both French and American at York Town but he does not now recollect names that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no living person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. He thereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Interrogatories pronounced by the Court.
1st Where and in what year were you born?
Answer. I was born in the County of Charles City Co. as I was informed by my Parents and was in seven years of age sometime in the year 1780 but do not know the year in which I was born.
2nd Have you any record of your age and if so where is it? Answer. I have no record of my age but have understood that my age was recorded in Charles City County Clerk's Office and subsequently destroyed by fire with the Office after the close of the War of the Revolution.
3rd Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live?
Answer. I was living in the County of Charles City when called into service have lived in the County of Charles City, Buckingham, Nelson and Amherst since the close of the Revolution and is now located in the County of Nelson adjoining to Amherst and near the County line and a part of the tract of land upon which I reside lies in Amherst.
4th How were you called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom?

Answer I was drafted each hour.
Qth. Have the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops where you served, such continental and Militia Regiments as you may have served, and the general circumstances of your service -?
Answer I recollect seeing Genl Wayne and other regular officers at York Town, but cannot recollect names or troops and regiments (my deduction) for the general circumstances of my service -
Qth. Did you ever receive a written discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Answer I never did receive a written discharge from service to the best of my recollection, nor do I believe it was usual in those days to give such to Militia, if I ever did receive any such they are lost -
Qth. Have the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your service as a Soldier of the Revolution?
Answer There is one clergyman residing immediately in my neighbourhood, but I refer to William M c Walter Esq d and Capt Jeremiah Yager who I expect will be testifying in my behalf.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year after recd.
Mr William M c Walter and Jeremiah Yager residing in the County of Annapolis the first of us a very near neighbour and both well acquainted with John Gidd, who has made oath and sworn to the above declarations that we both believe him to be seventy years of age as he states, that he is respected and beloved in the neighbourhood where he resided, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Wm M c Walter J Yager
Sworn and subscribed the day and year after recd.
And the said Gidd do hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories proposed by the said requirement that the above named applicant

was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court doth further certify that it appears to them that there is no other regular residents immediately in the neighborhood of the applicant and that William M c Walter Esq r is a near neighbor and employer of the applicant his being an overseer and the said William M c Walter and Jeremiah Griger who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of the County of Amherst and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit and the said Court doth further certify that the said applicant resides very near to the County line of this County in Nelson and that since recently he for many years resided in this County and that he is much better known in this County than in the County of Nelson.
State of Virginia Amherst County Court
I Robert Tinsley Clerk of the County Court of Amherst County in the State of Virginia aforesaid do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jones Gille for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have set my hand and seal of office this twenty first day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty four.
Robert Tinsley

Amherst County to wit
The affidavit of Jones Gile of lawful age taken before me a justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid: The affiant being first duly sworn according to law saith, that he is informed by letters from the office of the Commissioner of Pensions that his claim to a pension under his declaration made in the County aforesaid and transmitted to that office during the last year the said declaration being made under the act of Congress of the 7 June 1832, has been rejected or suspended at the said office, because in his said declaration, he claimed for two terms of service each beyond the term of six months that is one term for six months & the other for five besides another term included in the said declaration, that in explanation of the said two first named terms objected to at the Pension office, (because as he understands it is said, that it was unusual in those days except on extraordinary occasions to draft the militia of this State for a longer period than three months at a time,) he states that at the time he performed the said service as described in his declaration aforesaid, it was the custom to draft for but three months at a time, but that in his case arising from the invasion of the State, in his immediate neighborhood he was detained the time as stated by him, that is six months at one time & five months at another, he was informed that he would be credited for a term for each three months, he was in service. That he has recently been informed by John Thompson Jr. of this county that in the correspondence of Thomas Jefferson published since his death, that he gives an account of the descent of Col. Talton with a corps of Cavalry upon a party of our Troops in the year 1781 stationed at Charles City Court House, is mentioned by Mr. Jefferson, and is also mentioned by this affiant in his said declaration, in which he the affiant gives the names of the killed on our side on that occasion, this affiant states that until recently informed of this by the said Thompson during the last winter, say some time in January last, that he did not know that there any where existed any corroborative testimony to establish the truth of his said claim, and that not being a reading man (although not unlettered) he had never seen nor heard of, nor to this day hath not seen the book styled the Memoir & correspondence of Thomas Jefferson, in which the said evidence is said to be found. That being poor and needy if the department will not pay him for his free services, he is willing to take what the rules of the office they may allow him. Subscribed & sworn to before me this 13. March 1835
Jones Gile
James Powell, J. P.
I James Powell a justice of the peace in and for the County of Amherst do hereby certify that Jones Gile, who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing affidavit, has been well known to me personally and by reputation for the last twenty years and that he has always been esteemed and I believe him to be a man of unquestionable veracity and that his statements on oath or otherwise are entitled to full credit. Given under my hand this 13 th March 1835.
James Powell

I John Thompson for of the county of Amherst of lawful age being but only sworn according to law swell, that some time last year Jones Gile of this county or rather near the line of this county in Nelson formerly apart of Amherst, employed me to draw his declaration for a pension under the act of Congress of May June 1832 — I drew it and presented it to the court of this county who after interrogating Herard Gile certified it, when it was verified by the clerk and forwarded to the pension office — at that office objections were made to the length of two lines that is one of five months the other of five to the best of my recollection — That during the month of Nov or Dec last when on my way to Washington City I look up at the house of a friend in Charlottesville, the first volume of the correspondence of Thomas Jefferson wherein he describes in a letter the descent of a party of the British light horse to Charlottesville and the capture of a body of our militia at that place in which it was said some were killed and wounded and perhaps some taken prisoners — I thought that I recollects that M c Gill who had made the affidavit had spoken of the same affair and claimed to be an actor with our militia on that occasion, and on reaching Washington I carried the book to the pension office and found that the account substantially corroborated Mr Gile's statement about the matter, and that in his declaration I found that he had given the names of the killed which Mr Jefferson had not done this affiant further states that at the time of drawing Herard's declaration it was unknown to him, and he believes it was unknown to M c Gill, that such piece of testimony was in existence, and he communicated it to Gile after his return from the city some time in January last — That the affiant has known M c Gill for at least twenty five years and during all that time he has sustained as a man of truth, a reputation above suspicion.
Subscribed & sworn to this 15 th March 1835
John Thompson for
before me James Powell J.P.
Amherst County Court
I James Powell a justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid, before whom the foregoing affidavit of John Thompson for was subscribed & sworn to, do hereby certify that Herard Thompson is a credible person, and that his statements or evidence is entitled to full credit. Given under my hand this 15 th day of March 1835.
James Powell
I Robert Tinsley Clerk of the Court of Amherst County in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that James Powell before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken is and was at the date thereof a justice of the peace in and for the said County.
In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and the
Seal of the said Court this 27th day of March 1835
Robert Tinsley

Jones Hill
pa.
Allan G. Jones
J. L. Edwards
Wm of Pennian
Present
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No 18 Brown's Hotel Washington City 9 Decem 1834
Sir!
Your letter of the 18 th October on the subject of the claim of Jones Gile for a pension under the act of 7 June 1832 was duly recd and is now before me. I should have replied earlier, but after I wrote you last in reply to yours of the 24 th Sept on the same subject, discovered something in the correspondence of the late Thomas Jefferson that appears to me to corroborate the declaration of Gile. — his intention to visit you city concluded to defer it until then the extract alluded to is sent you herewith
Letter of T. Jefferson to his delegates in Congress dated Jany 18. 1781 Vol 1. page 206 he says in speaking of Arnold's invasion of Virginia
"During their encampment at Westover & Berkeley their light horse surprised a party of about one hundred or one hundred & fifty militia at Charles City Court House, killed and wounded four and ten as has been said seven or eight."
Having transmitted to your office the original paper without retaining any copy I am unable to compare this statement with it, but if my memory is correct Mr Gile narrates the same transaction and gives the names of the killed on that occasion, and having shown you by my former references that our Gov had by law a discretionary power over the militia of our State of almost boundless extent at that time added to the fact of the invasion of Arnold & Philips which was soon followed by that of Cornwallis in the same year, taken with the fact that Gile resided the near to the scene of the operations of both these armies adds almost irresistible corroboration to his declaration.
I hope you will reconsider his case, which you admit in your last letter to be doubtful, and grant him the pension according to his declaration — The volume of Mr Jefferson's correspondence referred to is herewith also transmitted.
Respectfully Yrs
John Thompson Jr
There is perhaps one thing in such cases that should be observed, so great is the lapse of time that the most correct man on earth would scarcely take the time of the drafts that is how long he was drafted for, so various and uncertain were those periods in those days, depending upon the enemy to be met, and their proximity to the scene but the poor man, who was a laborer, would be much apter to recollect the period of service for many reasons, as the season he left his work &c. so that he would be naturally more correct when he spoke of the duration of service than any thing else, and he would be apt to speak of the draft as the period he served.
J. T. Jr

Amherst Mass June 24 th 1882
Virginia Not Original June 24. 1882
Dear
Mr. Department
Pension Bureau
Washington City
3 3/4
Long live Virginia Eugene

Amherst Va. June 23 rd
3 3/4
Virginia Hgt Original June 24. 1861 Green
War Department
Pension Bureau Washington City
Two Sir Virginia France

Amherst Court House 22 d June 1834
Dear Sir /
Under cover of this letter you will receive, the declaration of Mr Jones Gile for a pension under the act of 1832 — when you shall have examined and passed upon the claim, please advise me at this place
Respectfully yours
To J. L. Edwards
Comm re ssioner of Pensions
John Thompson Jr

32.067
Alex o Mc Alexander Virginia City
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James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington City
James L. Edwards Esq. Washington City
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32.064 Alex. W. Morand Virginia City Washington Commissioner of Pensions Esq. J. Edwards James
James Gill Esq